office worker: medium skin tone
Unicode: 1F9D1 1F3FD 200D 1F4BC
Description
A person with medium skin tone, wearing a business suit and tie, representing a professional or office worker. This is a ZWJ sequence combining 'person', 'medium skin tone', and 'briefcase'.
Group:
People & Body > person-role
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Represents professionalism, work, business, responsibility, or an individual engaged in a professional career. It's largely neutral in terms of emotion, focusing on the role.
Backstory
The base 'Person' emoji (🧑) was introduced in Unicode 10.0 (2017), allowing for gender-neutral representation. Skin tone modifiers (🏽 for medium skin tone) were added earlier in Unicode 8.0 (2015). The 'Briefcase' emoji (💼) was introduced in Unicode 6.0 (2010). The combination 'person + ZWJ + briefcase' specifically forms the 'person: business' or 'office worker' concept, introduced as an emoji sequence in Unicode 12.0 (2019) to provide more specific professional role representations.
Usage Examples
- Describing a job: 'I'm starting a new role as a professional 🧑🏽💼 next month.'
- Indicating work status: 'He's a very dedicated 🧑🏽💼, always on time.'
- Referring to a business meeting: 'Prep for the big presentation tomorrow, acting like a true 🧑🏽💼.'
- General representation of a career: 'Many aim to become a successful 🧑🏽💼 in the city.'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Commonly used to represent white-collar workers, office jobs, business professionals, or general employment. Can sometimes imply being busy or focused on work.
East Asian culture:
Generally understood as a business person or professional. Its usage is quite similar to Western contexts, though the emphasis might be on diligence or career progression.